Growth Mindset Study

Decent Essays
Jerry Martinez
English 190
Professor Alexa Schumacher
11 December 2017
Final Exam

Activity One:
1. How do people become more intelligent?
-Based on the video provided people become more intelligent when they have a growth mindset. The idea of a growth mindset is that one intelligence isn't something you are born with but it comes from experience and failure. In broader words, its believed people get smarter when they embrace problems rather than ignore them out of fear of failure.
2. How does the diagram of neurons "At birth vs. at age 6" demonstrate this?
- Based on the diagram of neurons: At birth vs. at age 6" from the video provided, it demonstrates that children from birth till the age of six have a growth mindset. It depicts how the
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How does the second diagram of the nervous of the animal living in a cage vs. an animal with other animals and toys demonstrate this?
-Based on the second diagram of the nervous of the animals living in a cage vs. an animal with other animals and toys demonstrates this phenomenon because animals who are being socialized with other animals are constantly being challenged and have interestingness. Therefore, expanding their nervous double, the size of the animals who aren't.
4. How are our brains like muscles?
-Based on the video provided our brains are like muscles because the more we use them and challenge them the bigger they get, which is a metaphor that the more effort and challenge we encounter one’s intelligence can be changed.
5. When do our brains grow the most?
-Our brains grow the most when we challenge ourselves to difficult tasks and not stay within the confront of things we know out of the fear of
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-Over the next two years after tracking the 7th graders the results concluded that students who had a growth mindset overall did better. Compared to students with a fixed mindset who overall didn't do so well. The reason to this was the perspective they had about intelligence as Eduardo Briceno said.
3. Discuss differences in Growth and Fixed Mindsets.
What do people with fixed mindsets focus the most on? How do both mindsets view effort?
-People with fixed mindsets usually focus most on how they will be judged. People with a fixed mindset view effort as negative and believe it only for people who aren't capable enough need. Compared to people with a growth mindset who see the effort as something that makes you more intelligent and smart.
• How do both mindsets view obstacles?
-People who have fixed mindset view obstacles as incapable instead of putting effort and determination so they won't be judged. While those with growth mindset view obstacles as a learning opportunity in developing their intelligence.

4. Gauge whether you would respond positively to this study on praise and its overall

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